CAME UP Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

came up

verb

past tense of come up

as in came

to come near or nearer the girl came up to the counter and asked if she could have her order prepared to go

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as in surfaced

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly let me know if anything else comes up during the project

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Recent Examples of came up His dad came up with the idea of taking the neighbors’ trash cans out on garbage day and cleaning them. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 July 2026 When that opportunity came up to revisit that world, the sensory memories came flooding back. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 18 July 2026 Their defenders also made two goal-line clearances while goalkeeper Ronwen Williams came up with big saves. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026 Lopez came up with two outs and lined a two-run shot that narrowly cleared the left field wall. — Miami Herald, 5 July 2026 Both made it to the biggest stage at their respective level and came up short. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026 Fahnlander traveled with her to the Florida ceremony and said therapists from across the country came up to thank her. — Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 19 June 2026 But if the right role came up, maybe down the line. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026 Then another object came up behind it, then three more. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for came up

Verb

That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025

Definition of came

Verb

Those discussions often uncovered ambiguities in documentation or policy interpretation that would never have surfaced through technical testing alone.

— Arpan Saxena, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Ice Plex, Escondido’s former single-sheet ice sports facility on North Tulip Street, has also come up since Escondido Ice plans surfaced.

— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of surfaced

Verb

The Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner called Juliana’s death a suicide within three days, and police closed the case four days after that.

— Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Last year, Planned Parenthood of Michigan closed its Marquette, Petoskey and Jackson health centers and consolidated its two Ann Arbor locations.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of closed

Verb

The clip shows Jason standing before the box and reflecting on what happened in Season 1.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 July 2026
In a post on X, police called on everyone to leave the site of the event immediately once the attack happened, as ambulances and firefighters attended to the victims, according to a translation by Reuters news agency.

— Chandler Thornton, CNN Money, 25 July 2026